Chapter 359: The final begins

At 18 o'clock in the evening of August 16, Moscow time, eight of the world's top sprinters walked to the final venue of the men's 100-meter flyer competition under the leadership of the staff.

Although he already knew the list of athletes participating in this competition, when he really saw the eight athletes standing on the competition venue, several sprint coaches of the Chinese track and field team sitting in the stands couldn't help but sigh: The overall strength of Jamaican sprinting is really the strongest in the world. There were only eight players in the tournament, and Jamaica took four of the spots.

Moreover, because of Bolt's competitive form in the last two days, the vast majority of people believe that the Jamaican Lightning have "booked" the championship of this game in advance.

As a result, when the on-site commentator began to introduce Bolt's relevant information, more than 70% of the spectators in the stands cheered for the "champion". And almost all the media workers in the venue also pointed their mobile phones, cameras and video cameras at the previous "king of speed".

When tens of thousands of spectators chanted the champion in unison, Bolt on the track couldn't help but spread his arms and make a posture of a great king accepting the worship of his subjects.

Looking at Bolt, who was being "worshipped" by tens of thousands of people not far away, a subtle sly smile immediately appeared on Feng Quan's face.

"Humph! I'll just make you happy for a while. When the game is over, I'll see how you end. ”

Although the sly smile on Feng Quan's face only lasted for a short time, a Russian videographer still captured this fleeting scene at the scene. However, since he is in charge of broadcasting the game at the moment, he is choosing to broadcast the scene of Bolt receiving "worship". Therefore, not many people saw this scene except for the Russian videographer.

At 18:03, when the on-site commentator completed the introduction of the contestants, the eight athletes stood on their respective starting machines after the referee gave instructions.

More than ten seconds later, as the on-site referee sounded the starting pistol in his hand,

The final of the men's 100m has officially begun.

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Bolt is in the most disruptive state of competition, and with nearly a year of focusing on improving his starting technique, Bolt believes he is even better than he was when he set the world record of 9.58 seconds.

But even so, Bolt, who considers himself the "best in the world", could only settle for second place in the first 20 meters. And those who can beat the Jamaican lightning in the peak state in the starting link are naturally full of wind with a starting reaction time of only 0.108 seconds.

However, even if he failed to take the lead in the starting session, Bolt's mood was not affected in the slightest, after all, the Jamaican lightning was only a dozen centimeters behind the wind. And this situation is almost like a replica of the semi-finals in the morning.

So, although only a little more than two seconds have passed since the start of the game at this moment, in Bolt's view, Feng Quan, his former strongest opponent, is already destined to become his "foot loser" today.

"Humph! Now you're probably only ahead of me for a while at the start. ”

However, just when Bolt, who entered the running stage on the way, was about to gradually improve his running rhythm and quickly surpass the wind in front of him, the sudden change on the field startled Bolt.

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Although Feng Quan had a slight advantage in the starting stage, all the members of the Chinese track and field team, including El-Karis, did not feel a trace of joy.

In their opinion, although Feng Quan has almost no shortcomings in sprinting skills, his reflexes in the starting stage and strong sprinting ability in the final stage are undoubtedly his strongest links.

Therefore, it is only expected that Fengquan will take the lead in the starting stage. Whether this advantage can be maintained until the end, and then transformed into a final victory, is very worrying. After all, in yesterday's rematch and this morning's semi-finals, Feng Quan's competitive form was not very good.

Because it was in the semi-finals in the morning, Feng Quan, who had entered the final sprint stage, was actually "physically exhausted" when he was about to reach the finish line. This has never happened before.

In stark contrast to Feng Quan, Jamaican Lightning Bolt, who has been suppressed by it in the past two years, has shown an extremely excellent competitive state. Especially in the semi-finals at the end of the morning, even though he obviously slowed down at the last moment, he still ran an astonishing time of 9.61 seconds.

Looking at the video footage of the semi-finals, El Karis believes that if Bolt hadn't slowed down at the end of the day, he might have even broken the world record of 9.56 seconds held by Feng Quan in the morning semi-finals.

Due to concerns about Feng Quan's competitive state, several domestic sprint coaches even hoped that Feng Quan would choose to stay a little longer in the starting stage and even in the first half of the race, so as to preserve a certain amount of combat effectiveness for the final sprint. Although Feng Quan may not have a chance to defeat Bolt in this way, at least with his strength, there is still a lot of hope for ensuring a runner-up position.

Although the ideas of these domestic coaches seem to be "lacking in fighting spirit" and a little too "conservative", they are actually understandable, after all, the domestic rewards for coaches are directly linked to the athletes' performance.

However, just when several domestic coaches expected Feng Quan to choose a relatively safe game strategy and at least "keep" a runner-up, the "choice" made by Feng Quan on the competition venue almost shocked everyone's jaws.

After the first 20 meters of the starting stage, not only did he not have the slightest intention of retaining his strength, but he also increased the pace of his running rhythm after entering the middle running stage, even faster than in the past.

Not only that, Yue Wenjun and El Karis, who were sitting in two adjacent positions in the stands, had a thought in their minds after Feng Quan entered the 30-meter stage: Could it be that Feng Quan's head was cramping? Moreover, Yue Wenjun, who was emotional, even shouted out the thoughts in his mind.

"What's wrong, Director Yue?" Liu Jianjun, who was sitting on the other side of Yue Wenjun, asked.

"Even if he doesn't want to lose to Usain Bolt, he can't start the "sprint" here! Yue Wenjun said quickly.

If it were someone else, it might be really difficult to find out that Feng Quan had entered the state of "sprint" at this moment, but Yue Wenjun, who has coached Feng Quan for nearly ten years, and El Karis, who is known as one of the best sprint coaches in the world, can be very sure of this......